The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. A Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) loaded with United States 7th Marines advances towards a beachhead. They unload from the landing craft. The marines on the ground. M-4 tanks parked in the background. One of the tank burns in the background. A radio operator talks over a radio. One of the radio men operates a generator which powers the radio. Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVTs) advance on the beachhead and marines disembark from the vehicles. The marines dressed in full combat gear with weapons advance inland. A marine lying on a stretcher covered with a camouflaged poncho in the foreground.
The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. Three U.S. marines gather around a foxhole. One of the marines fires a pistol into the foxhole. A marine rifleman fires into a Japanese pillbox. A marine uses a flame thrower on it as a result of which it burns. The flame thrower shoots flame into the pillbox. U.S. 2nd Battalion 5th Marines go inside it and bring out equipment. The marines inspect the gear which they found in the pillbox. Tents of United States 1st Marine Division. Tables and chairs inside the tent.
The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. A Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) loaded with United States 7th Marines advances through a jungle. A dead Japanese soldier on the ground in the jungle. A wrecked aircraft. Wreckage all around. A wounded marine. The wound in his leg is treated by a navy corpsman.
The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. A Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) advances inland. A wrecked gun. United States Marine Corps fire an M114 155mm howitzer.
The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. United States Marine Corps get out of amphibious tractors and run inland. A fire and smoke rises. A tank moves in the foreground. A dead Japanese soldier. A U.S. Marine rifleman waits for a signal to move ahead.
Street scenes and landmarks in midtown and lower Manhattan, New York City. The camera focuses on children, such as several shown on sidewalks being pulled along by their mothers. Traffic and pedestrians shopping near 7th Avenue. A girl looking at mannequin models wearing latest fashions in department store windows. A boy looking at the Empire State Building. View of Manhattan from Brooklyn Bridge Park. Children (mostly boys) are running and playing. One rides a bicycle. A tugboat nearby in the East River. (Boys throw stones in direction of a passing tugboat.) Skyscrapers are seen across the river. View of elevated train moving overhead, with skyscraper buildings in background. Views from the moving railroad train. A boy riding inside the train, looking out at the tall buildings. Views of skyscrapers of New York City as seen from moving subway car or train car. Children with adults looking at Manhattan views and landmarks from the observation deck of a building. A girl looks down over the edge of the deck.
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